Despite some recent “setbacks”, the food hall portion of the Emeryville Public Market renovation is coming along steadily. In addition to some interior art including a living wall and mosaic tile installation, City Center Realty Partners has recently...
Read More →Checking my smartphone map one last time, I spotted a modest sign perched on the front porch of a shady condominium along Emeryville’s Greenway. It read “Josephine.com”. I rang the door bell and Shane Willow opened...
Read More →In a good news/bad news kind of week, Emeryville made the national news for two decidedly different reasons. Mayor Ruth Atkin noted after the unanimous passing of the contentious Emeryville Minimum Wage Ordinance that she...
Read More →Aggregated from around the web, a few local businesses making the news. Our first is Imperfect Produce, a local food delivery service who want to make a dent in the estimated 6 billion pounds of...
Read More →You’ve probably passed their previous showroom on Hollis Street next to Rotten City Pizza hundreds of times and wondered what Teak Me Home is. Perhaps you’ve even peeked into their showroom or punched up their website. As you probably...
Read More →“I’ve never bought anything at IKEA that I wouldn’t pay 10% more for to support a Living Wage. Really, I wish they would take a leadership role in this.” This was my public comment at the...
Read More →Emeryville’s most famous tenant (besides Draymond Green?) will release its fifteenth movie overall and its first since 2013’s Monsters University. ‘Inside Out’ tells the tale of Riley, a hockey-loving, 11-year-old Midwestern girl whose family moves...
Read More →Oakland Police officers dubbed the gritty but rapidly changing area of West Oakland “Dogtown” apparently because of a large population of stray dogs in the early 80’s. Dogtown Athletic honors this nickname today with a new 8000 sq. ft. gym on the...
Read More →At the Tuesday April 7th Minimum Wage Study Session, a coalition of Emeryville Small Businesses and Residents pleaded with Council to factor them into the conversation of how best to implement a sensible compromise that would...
Read More →Emeryville, with a long history of coffee roasting lineage that includes Peet’s, Peaberry, Highwire, McLaughlin, Ubuntu, Blue Bottle & Roast (the latter two being mere feet from our border), is ready to welcome another roaster to...
Read More →The successful defense of Net Neutrality by a 3-2 vote back in February ensured that ISP’s could not block, throttle or utilize paid prioritization of content. A battle that saw a collection of small internet activists (and...
Read More →Opening: American Eagle Outfitters & Aerie Lingerie: After both Kay Jewelers and Williams-Sonoma shut down this past holiday season, rumors swarmed about what would take their place. With exterior construction signage in place, American Eagle Outfitter is confirmed...
Read More →The City of Emeryville’s Council-initiated, $14.42 minimum wage ordinance would be the highest in the nation and a 60% overnight hike for most businesses. The E’ville Eye wanted to provide a forum for small business owners and...
Read More →The Electronic Arts owned game developer Maxis that created the hit SimCity franchise abruptly shuttered its Emeryville studio doors yesterday. The announcement was made through Maxis designer Guillaume Pierre via Twitter and quickly went viral amongst...
Read More →Emeryville City Council held a follow-up meeting to its initial minimum wage proposal on Tuesday Feb. 17th. Various special interests and pro-union groups filled the room to articulate stories of hardships and abuses being conducted within...
Read More →The San Francisco Business Times is reporting that Stanford Health Care has signed a lease at the Wareham Development EmeryStation Greenway building on Hollis, a block from their Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital that they moved...
Read More →In December, SF workers of Whole Foods picketed the regional office on Horton, last Wednesday workers of Oaks Card Club staged a dramatic walkout and picket along San Pablo Ave with the support from Union Local 2850 who represent...
Read More →It was announced over the holiday that high-end cookware & kitchen accessory retailer Williams Sonoma would be shuttering its doors for good on January 19th. The upscale chain headquartered in SF originally opened when the mall...
Read More →Bargain Hunters descended on The Park Avenue District this weekend in what was the first (and possibly last?) Restoration Hardware Warehouse Sale “pop up”event of its kind in Emeryville. The event attracted thousands of shoppers from...
Read More →Bob Canter, the President & CEO of the Emeryville Chamber of Commerce since 2001, announced his retirement yesterday effective January 31st. “The time to retire comes for everyone,” Canter stated, “and as most people who have...
Read More →Three Emeryville-based businesses are making headlines for a variety of reasons (Two of them good, the other not so good). This month’s E’ville Biz Digest includes an aggregate of stories from around the web including...
Read More →A profile of three Emeryville-based businesses and individuals that are making headlines. The first is Lauren Geremia who operates out of a live-work studio in Emeryville where she designs commercial, residential, and event spaces including the...
Read More →A selection of Emeryville-centric articles from around the web that residents might find of interest: Smashburger, a Colorado based burger chain that distinguishes itself with a process of “smashing” its burgers on the grill with...
Read More →Comcast or AT&T? Expensive & Fast or Cheap & Slow? The old adage of “voting with your wallet” doesn’t really apply when you’re faced with the “choice” of Mega-corporation A or Mega-corporation B. This used to...
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